Various – Platinum Breakz

Amazing gritty and dark tracks from the Metalheadz roster, proper future music.

Essential. Every track is amazing, 12 Headz tunes for around £50, who could say no?

Your sound, a made up sound, in my life, pulp fiction, the flute tune... ect ect. Just one look at that tracklisting is all it takes. Lots of top shelf deep tunes on this pack. The pressing is great for a 2 per side cut, if you can avoid the mispressed specimens of course. i will say that by far the worst thing about it is the fact that the track names are not printed on the labels for some ungodly reason..

great collection for those who can't afford the original 12"s of these classic tracks

I'm looking for an outer cover on its own if anyone happens to have.

I had one but said I was thinking of framing it. My wife then bought a frame in secret for my birthday... the frame was too small... so she got some... scissors... not a nice birthday surprise.

Brilliant tracks on this album a pity it wasn't mixed.

*I've edited my comment below to reflect that the sample source permits us to identify "Final Approach" *

There seems to be two different vinyl and CD pressings of this out there: one with "Day break" as A2 track, one with "Final approach".

"Final Approach" must be the menacing masterpiece with radio talk sampled from the intro to the 1991 film by the same name.
This fittingly leaves "Day Break" for the melancholic jazzy number.

Booklets will either give the correct or wrong track names, depending on version. Check audio to be sure what you get.

Awesome album for all the usual reasons but mine has C side Lemon D and Hidden Agenda pressed the same on both sides? Mine doesn't have Pulp Fiction or Spectrum... Odd that, still at least I have In My Life as only came out on this album :)

Pressing on mine is quite quiet. The tunes are bangin though of course

Platinum Breaks - Various (Metalheadz/London)
Reviewed August 5th, 96 by Rob Neale for Reflection.

From the opening strings of "VIP Riders Ghost", the new Metalheadz album promises to be special. The latest in a series of jungle label compilations (Storm From The East, Logical Progression) "Platinum Breaks" charts the progress of what is perhaps breakbeat music's most cutting edge labeel. Met 001 gets an excellent remix treatment ftrom Coventry's Doc Scott as well as being represented in it's original format. The labels' finest moments are also shown here, from the jazzy refrains of Hidden Agenda's "Flute Tune" to the spacey sounds of Photek & Source Direct. Many other leaders of the movement make an appearance with cuts from the Dillinja to the incredibly talented J Majik pulling together the 17 track journey through some of drum & Bass's finest moments.

A highly recommended purchase for anyone who wants to get a snapshot of the jungle scene as it stands at the moment in addition to anyone who didn't catch the original releases on vinyl - unmissable.